Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020

103 (1) Schedule 13 (transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(6) (order amended on transfer to Scotland not to be made subject to review), after “made” insert “or amended”.

(3) In paragraph 6 (Northern Ireland)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) (arrangements needed for particular requirements), for the words from “the petty sessions district in Northern Ireland” to “force” substitute “Northern Ireland”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(aa)(i), for “that locality” substitute “Northern Ireland”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (5) (order amended on transfer to Northern Ireland not to be made subject to review), after “made” insert “or amended”.

(4) In paragraph 7(a), for the words from “the petty sessions district in Northern Ireland” to “force” substitute “that the offender resides in Northern Ireland or will be residing there”.

(5) In paragraph 8(1), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland;”.

(6) In paragraph 11, in paragraph (b) of the definition of “home court”, for the words after “relevant time,” substitute “a court of summary jurisdiction”.

(7) In paragraph 12 (application of Schedule 12 with modifications)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (5) for “In paragraphs 4 and 5” substitute “Paragraphs 4 and 5 have effect as if the amendments made by paragraph 7(3) to (5) of Schedule 4 to the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (enforcement officers) had not been made, and in those paragraphs”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (5) insert—

“(5ZA) Paragraph 5A (role of enforcement officer) is omitted.”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (6)—

(i) for “paragraph 14” substitute “paragraphs 14 and 14A”;

(ii) in paragraph (a)(i), for “concerned” substitute “specified in the order”;

(iii) omit paragraph (b);

(d) after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(6A) If the home court is in Northern Ireland, paragraphs 14 and 14A are omitted.”

(8) In paragraph 20 (transfer to England and Wales)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (5) for “petty sessions” substitute “local justice”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (6)(a) omit “the local probation board acting in the new local justice area, or (as the case may be)”.